verb Download 🔗Share To leave a print, impression, image, etc. Examples : "For a fee, they can imprint the envelopes with a monogram." mark action appearance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To learn something indelibly at a particular stage of life, such as who one's parents are. Examples : "Because she was adopted as a baby, the faces of her adoptive parents were the first ones imprinted on her, becoming the faces of her family. " family mind human age Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To mark a gene as being from a particular parent so that only one of the two copies of the gene is expressed. Examples : "In genomic imprinting, a gene can be imprinted as maternal, meaning only the copy inherited from the mother will be active in the offspring. " biology biochemistry medicine physiology organism science Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Stamped or impressed. Examples : "The child's handprint was imprinted in the wet cement. " mark appearance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Produced by or exhibiting imprinting; showing distinction by its origin from the paternal or maternal genome. Examples : "The child's imprinted genes influenced his preference for a career in science. " physiology biology organism family Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading